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Great Things to Do in Maine Highlands

Cultural pleasures of the city live cheek-to-cheek with unspoiled wilderness in the Maine Highlands region

The Maine Highlands region, also known as the Katahdin Moosehead region, encompasses the center of the state and much of its forested wilderness. This is where visitors have a very good chance at spotting moose and deer, which are plentiful. A paradise for outdoorsmen, Maine Highlands is a four-season vacationland, offering plenty of places for hunting and fishing; rafting, canoeing, and kayaking on the Penobscot and Kennebec rivers; and snowmobiling, dog sledding, and snowshoeing. Among the natural highlights of the area are Mount Katahdin, Moosehead Lake, and the 200,000-acre Baxter State Park. The park has many mountains, notably the peaks comprising the Katahdin massif and the Traveler Range. The park – with about 200 miles of hiking trails -- was designed primarily for hiking, and vehicles have access to only a limited road system.

The gateway city of this region is Bangor, once known as the Lumber Capital of the World, where visitors are greeted by a 31-foot statue of legendary lumberjack Paul Bunyan. The city had more than 300 sawmills in the 1830, and its old wealth was founded on this industry. A place to learn more is the Maine Forest and Logging Museum, an authentic reconstruction of a logging and milling community. Bangor offers fun and diverse shopping in the 19th-century buildings of the West Market Square Historic District. Bangor also is home to the beautiful Mount Hope Cemetery, one of the nation’s oldest garden cemeteries. The Maine Discovery Museum, which is the largest children’s museum north of Boston, is a place of wonder and educational entertainment for kids on vacation. The Maine Shakespeare Festival is held every summer by the Penobscot Theatre Company. Visitors can look forward to accommodations in lakeside cabins, cozy inns, and romantic B&Bs as well as in campgrounds in the forested wilds.

Great Things to Do in Maine Highlands

“Hansel and Gretel” with PORTopera – Portland, ME
July 29, 2010 to July 31, 2010
AXIS Dance Company -- Lewiston, ME
July 30, 2010 to July 31, 2010
Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul – Rockland, ME
July 31, 2010
Bar Harbor Summer Arts & Craft Festival -- Bar Harbor, ME
July 31, 2010 to August 1, 2010
Michael Menes in Egadz! – South Paris, ME
July 31, 2010
Circus Smirkus – Kennebunkport, ME
August 2, 2010 to August 3, 2010
Silhouettes -- Thomaston, ME
August 3, 2010
Crafts 'n Culture for Kids: Foods of China -- Lincolnville, ME
August 3, 2010
“The Tempest” with the Freeport Shakespeare Festival – Freeport, ME
August 3, 2010 to August 6, 2010
A Taste of Greater Waterville -- Waterville, ME
August 4, 2010
Maine Lobster Festival -- Rockland, ME
August 4, 2010 to August 8, 2010
Circus Smirkus – Freeport, ME
August 5, 2010 to August 6, 2010
Maine Fairy House Festival -- Boothbay
August 6, 2010 to August 8, 2010
Native American Pow Wow -- Gray, ME
August 7, 2010 to August 8, 2010
Arootsakoostik Music Festival -- New Sweden, ME
August 7, 2010
Saddleback Mountain Bluegrass Festival -- Rangeley, ME
August 7, 2010
Eliot Bicentennial Parade – Eliot, ME
August 7, 2010
Bates Dance Festival Finale -- Lewiston, ME
August 7, 2010
Ukulele Summit with Brittni Paiva and Victoria Vox -- Portland
August 7, 2010
Audiobody – South Paris, ME
August 7, 2010
Mike Doughty -- Rockland, ME
August 8, 2010
Willie Nelson & Family - Portland
August 11, 2010
Maine Antiques Festival -- Union, ME
August 13, 2010 to August 15, 2010
Joan Osborne -- Rockland, ME
August 14, 2010
Winter Harbor Lobster Festival -- Winter Harbor, ME
August 14, 2010
Joan Osborne – Rockland, ME
August 14, 2010
Michael Lane Trautman in Head in the Clouds – South Paris, ME
August 14, 2010
Tribes of the Dawn Land Cultural and Heritage Days -- Princeton, ME
August 14, 2010
Castlebay -- Freeport, ME
August 14, 2010
“Sleuth” -- Harrison, Maine
August 19, 2010 to August 21, 2010
Sierra Leone Refugee All-Stars – Rockland, ME
August 20, 2010
Suzy Bogguss -- Rangeley, ME
August 20, 2010
Brunswick Outdoor Arts Festival -- Brunswick, ME
August 21, 2010
The Wailin’ Jennys -- Rockland, ME
August 21, 2010
Jazz-Harpist Deborah Henson-Conant – South Paris
August 21, 2010
“Twelfth Night” -- Castine, ME
August 22, 2010
Noel Paul Stookey -- Stonington, ME
August 22, 2010
Sidewalk Art Show and Sale – Ogunquit, ME
August 26, 2010
Annual ChiliFest -- Wells, ME
August 28, 2010
Women in Every Day Life 1789-1890 -- Standish, ME
August 28, 2010
Maine Woodsman Day -- Gray, ME
August 28, 2010
Village Green Craft Show -- Kennebunkport, ME
August 28, 2010
Native American Summer Market -- New Gloucester, ME
August 28, 2010
Rhonda Vincent and the Rage – Rockland, ME
September 3, 2010
Open Lighthouse Day -- Various, ME
September 18, 2010
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